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Canada Cattle On Feed Over 1 Million Mark

Canada Cattle On Feed Over 1 Million Mark

Americas 18 Nov 2006

AMS 18/11/2006 CanFax recently released Canada's current cattle on feed numbers for terminal feedlots with 1,000 or more head in Alberta and Saskatchewan. According to the figures, on November 1, Canada's cattle on feed totaled 1,00…
Census reveals evolving New Jersey aquaculture industry

Census reveals evolving New Jersey aquaculture industry

Americas 15 Nov 2006

AMERICAN FARM 15/11/2006 The number of aquaculture farms in New Jersey tripled over a seven-year period, according to the recently released United States Department of Agriculture Census of Aquaculture. The 1998 census showed that there wer…
Grain elevator reins in emissions

Grain elevator reins in emissions

Americas 15 Nov 2006

By Matt ScallanTIMES - PICAYUNE 15/11/2006 The Bunge grain elevator in Destrehan will install new low-emission burners as part of a consent agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, which accused the company of violating air quali…
Purina? That's for Pussies!

Purina? That's for Pussies!

Americas 15 Nov 2006

By Alistair Bland East Bay Express 15/11/2006 Raw food. It's a loaded phrase that conjures up images of lean, earthy New Agers, almond butter, farmers' markets, organic vegetables, healthful stomach enzymes, and lots of sprouts. But…
Corn prices surge, despite a U.S. bumper crop

Corn prices surge, despite a U.S. bumper crop

Americas 14 Nov 2006

By Jeff WilsonBloomberg News 14/11/2006 CHICAGO - Corn farmers predicted a bumper crop this year in the United States. The surprise was the surge in prices that came with it. A 77 percent jump in the past year has made corn the most expensi…
U.S. Corn Export Prospects Cut Due to Tight Supplies

U.S. Corn Export Prospects Cut Due to Tight Supplies

Americas 14 Nov 2006

CATTLE NETWORK 14/11/2006 U.S. corn exports projected for October-September 2006/07 were reduced 1.5 million tons this month to 55.5 million tons (the September-August local marketing year exports were reduced 50 million bushels to 2.2 bill…
Corn farmers see golden future

Corn farmers see golden future

Americas 13 Nov 2006

By Tanya Brown JOURNAL AND COURIER 13/11/2006 Steve Kerkhove knows that the demand for ethanol is pushing the price of corn - one of the fuel's main ingredients - way up. Unfortunately, he's one of several farmers who won't be b…
Ag Department gives $20 million in powdered milk for catfish feed

Ag Department gives $20 million in powdered milk for catfish feed

Americas 07 Nov 2006

07/11/2006 WASHINGTON - The Agriculture Department was faulted Wednesday for donating $20 million in powdered milk to a Mississippi feed mill that sold it as catfish food. The department's inspector general said there was no legal autho…
Feed Costs a Bigger Concern for Cow-Calf Producers

Feed Costs a Bigger Concern for Cow-Calf Producers

Americas 03 Nov 2006

03/11/2006 Many Oklahoma cow-calf producers are facing a winter with hay supplies that are less than normal in both quantity and quality. Hay is expensive and producers should carefully evaluate alternative feed sources on a nutrient equiva…
Corn Prices Surge to 10-Year Highs

Corn Prices Surge to 10-Year Highs

Americas 02 Nov 2006

ASSOCIATED PRESS 02/11/2006 Corn prices on the Chicago Board of Trade rose sharply to 10-year highs Thursday, on concerns about the size of the U.S. corn crop and ongoing demand for ethanol. With corn surging, wheat and soybeans prices also…
Success in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine

Success in Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine

Americas 31 Oct 2006

31/10/2006 Seven North Dakota companies participating in a trade mission to Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine have successfully expanded their international sales during the first leg of their two-week trip, according to Lt. Gov. Jack Dalrympl…
Iowa: Fuels fuel elevator expansion

Iowa: Fuels fuel elevator expansion

Americas 28 Oct 2006

By Judy HayworthTHE JOURNAL 28/10/2006 KINGSLEY, Iowa: In 2005 and 2006, the Kingsley Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company, an elevator owned by local producers, aggressively improved its viability. \"The highest concentration of additions…
Fuels fuel elevator expansion

Fuels fuel elevator expansion

Americas 28 Oct 2006

By Judy HayworthTHE JOURNAL 28/10/2006 KINGSLEY, Iowa: In 2005 and 2006, the Kingsley Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company, an elevator owned by local producers, aggressively improved its viability. "The highest concentration of additions …
Hog Outlook: Large Pork Exports, Higher Feed Prices

Hog Outlook: Large Pork Exports, Higher Feed Prices

Americas 27 Oct 2006

By Glenn Grimes and Ron Plain 27/10/2006 The average live weight for barrows and gilts last week in Iowa-Minnesota was 1.1 pounds below a year earlier. Most of the year weights have been above last year. Is it possible that producers are re…
Iraq becomes big wheat customer for Columbia Grain

Iraq becomes big wheat customer for Columbia Grain

Americas 26 Oct 2006

By Shannon Burkdoll THE PRAIRIE STAR26/10/2006 Iraq has been a wheat customer for more than 20 years, but last year was the first time the country purchased wheat from the Columbia Grain in the Pacific Northwest port. In a single year, Iraq…
Corn exports top pre-report estimates

Corn exports top pre-report estimates

Americas 26 Oct 2006

26/10/2006 According to the United States Department of Agriculture, corn export sales, for the week ending October 19, 2006, were larger than expected. Soybeans, meal, oil and wheat were within pre-report estimates. Beans, corn and wheat w…
Hurt: Era of Cheap Feed Over

Hurt: Era of Cheap Feed Over

Americas 24 Oct 2006

24/10/2006 The era of cheap feed for cattle is probably over for years to come, said a Purdue University Extension marketing specialist. "Over the past eight crop years from 1998 to 2005, U.S. corn prices averaged just $2.05 per bushel," sa…
U.S. corn prices gaining strength

U.S. corn prices gaining strength

Americas 23 Oct 2006

UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL 23/10/2006 U.S. corn growers are being pleasantly surprised by an unexpected rise in the price of their crops. Many had entered harvest expecting to store their crop and wait for higher market prices but the wait …
Climate change forces farming innovation

Climate change forces farming innovation

Americas 21 Oct 2006

21/10/2006 Gary Larsen, a 63-year-old grandfather who raises corn and soybeans is among the growing number of farmers concerned with the potential effects of global warming. "We don't know how the world could actually turn out, but doin…
Higher Corn Prices Equal Higher Livestock Prices

Higher Corn Prices Equal Higher Livestock Prices

Americas 20 Oct 2006

FARM FUTURES 20/10/2006 In a web seminar Wednesday, John Lawrence of Iowa State University and Steve Meyer of Paragon Economics said as ethanol production's demands drive up corn prices, livestock prices will follow due to higher cost o…

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